HT205356: About the OS X El Capitan v10.11.3 Update

Learn about About the OS X El Capitan v10.11.3 Update
Daddydam13

Q: Is this update going to fix the lag my computer has since installing El Capitan?  It was fine until downloading this update.  It takes forever on start up and a while to open applications.

El Capitan has slowed my computer down drastically!! I hope this update help the lag time that has taken over my computer.

Posted on Jan 31, 2016 7:28 PM

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  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jan 31, 2016 7:30 PM in response to Daddydam13
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    Jan 31, 2016 7:30 PM in response to Daddydam13

    Probably not. You need to troubleshoot the problem you have.

    Download Etrecheck from http://etrecheck.com

    Run it and post the resulting report here.

    If there is something bogging your machine down, a point upgrade is not going to fix that.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 31, 2016 7:37 PM in response to Daddydam13
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    Applications
    Jan 31, 2016 7:37 PM in response to Daddydam13

    When you see a beachball cursor or the slowness is especially bad, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.  

    These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

    Launch the Console application in any one of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

              SYSTEM LOG QUERIES All Messages

    from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

              View Show Log List

    from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

    Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above.

    Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first.

    Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

    The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.

    Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

    When you post the log extract, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

    If you have an account on Pastebin, please don't select Private from the Paste Exposure menu on the page, because then no one but you will be able to see it.

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Jan 31, 2016 7:42 PM in response to Daddydam13
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    Jan 31, 2016 7:42 PM in response to Daddydam13

    Consider reinstalling OS X:

     

    Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM

    Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

     

    Reinstall El Capitan Without Erasing the Drive

     

    Make sure you have a current backup before proceeding.

     

    Boot to the Recovery HD:

     

    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears.

     

    Repair

     

    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility and press the Continue button. After Disk Utility loads select the indented Macintosh HD entry from the the left side list.  Click on the First Aid tab in the toolbar.. If Disk Utility reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run First Aid until no errors are reported. Wait until the operation completes, then quit Disk Utility and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

     

     

    Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Continue button.

     

    Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless and more reliable.